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True. You'd also be buying the headache too.

It sucks so much. Not just because of the wait, but because of everything that has to go right AGAIN in order for us just to be in the same position we were this year. - Lack of injuries - Lack of weather that disrupts game plan - Lack of team drama (although much less likely without Diggs) - Needing rookies to play well etc, etc, etc. Its a long road just to get back to the same place. I think thats why Allen looked so dejected.

Sanders is the most polarizing player I can remember. Ive seen people say he is going #1 overall (like this mock), and others say he may fall out of the 1st round altogether (like one recent NFL executive said).

Hunter is great, but if Browns go WR over QB, their fanbase might literally revolt.

I hear ya. At the same time, it’s what makes this forum great. The anti-Allen takes may frustrate me, and I think they’re wrong in how the play is broken down, but at the end of day I would NOT want a forum where everyone agreed with what I was saying. The exchange of ideas and thoughts that are contradictory of my own is part of what makes this place unmatched by any other website.

Bingo. If Kincaid catches a pass that 50 year old uncles catch at the beach every weekend, then we are talking about Allen turning crap into lemonade and producing one of the greatest plays in NFL playoff history while being chased by 2 free rushers.

Yes. Allen played better than Mahomes, who had a fumble and threw an INT (that somehow became a Chiefs completion). But Mahomes had easier plays to make. How many times did the Chiefs run the play-action roll-out and the Bills defense played it terribly and Mahomes could scamper for as many yards as he wanted? One of them was a touchdown. If Allen played with that level of open-field, he would have destroyed the Chiefs.

No. There was no quick answer on that play. Which is part of the reason why i’m so upset with Brady about it. The play is the same tired mesh-concept he has run on 4th down all year. And because it needs a pick in the middle, it takes 2-3 seconds for the play to set-up. It is a play that REQUIRES time. Otherwise the pick doesn’t happen and no-one gets open. The only outlet Allen had was Shakir. And if he threw it, Shakir likely gets blown up a yard or two before the line-to-gain. Allen took the best possible option by throwing to Kincaid. It was the best choice based on the available options. It’s disgusting, isn’t it? Makes me angry just reading the posts. Allen will do 98.5% if things right, and then people will nitpick the 1.5% he didn’t do perfectly.

explain to the forum how Allen was supposed to know where that blitz was coming from? Despite multiple NFL players telling you that it was an impossible task, some fans continue to think that Allen should’ve been able to read the mind of the defense and then adjust the line. as has been explained multiple times, by the Bills and others, the entire game the Chiefs defense was showing that look, and then coming from the left side. If Allen had adjusted right, it would just have been a complete and utter GUESS on his part. And if the Chiefs had done what they had done all game, then everyone would’ve been blaming Allen for suddenly shifting right when he had no reason to do so. and as Ryan Fitzpatrick said, it doesn’t matter if he shifted right left upside or down, the blitz the chief sent was “impossible” (his word) to block with five linemen.

What the crap is happening on this board? Outside of the first drive, Allen was great! He was 68% passing, had ~270 yards, 2 TD’s and 0 turnovers. His two TD passes were absolute dimes. The only thousand yard stare he had was at the very end of the game when the Chiefs ran out the clock. If you need someone to blame, look no further than Joe Brady. His tendencies were so obvious that the Chiefs knew what plays we were running before we ran them.

From a Chiefs player… “I mean, from our defensive side, he always QB sneaks to our right. So every time we see him in QB sneak formation, we know he’s coming to the right side every time. It’s a hundred percent, 10 for 10, he’s going to that side. If he would’ve did something different, then we wouldn’t have been prepared because we’re selling he was coming to that right side every time. And if they would’ve, you know, I think self-scouted a little bit, then they would’ve went to the opposite side and they probably would’ve had a little more chance.” Joe Brady’s coaching leading up to that game and in that game was brutal. Zero tendency breakers, running the same stuff we ran all year, etc. I thought for sure all year that they were setting the stage to (in the playoffs) go into QB sneak formation and then run a fake-sneak pass, or go to the opposite side, or do a quick pitch, or SOMETHING. But nope. Same old, same old.

Kind of a weird press conference day. Beane: We wont be active in FA. McD: I want to be active in FA.

As an aside - Watch the fade play to Coleman in the KC game. It was shocking how weak Coleman looked against McDuffie. He was stuck in place.

There are no more tickets to be purchased for this season. Next year will be a new team. They haven’t failed yet. Hopefully they won’t.

I don’t think we actually disagree. I think you’re misunderstanding what I’m saying. from a macro view of where the organization is now versus when Sean arrived, it is absolutely has been a success as far as turning around the organization. From a seasonal view (more micro), Seans very first sentence that you pasted, tells the entire story. They failed in their goal to win the Super Bowl. The very first thing he said. In the quote you gave us. you seem to be confusing two different points that McDermott is making. And organizational point, and a seasonal point. Two very different things. this is a binary league, with only one successful season and 31 failures. The reason McDermott uses the term ultimate, is because they do have a mini goal in the season, which is to win the division. But that goal is only a steppingstone to the ultimate goal, which is to win the Super Bowl. The only reason he cares about winning the division, is because it helps in getting to the Super Bowl. It guarantees a home playoff game. So it’s not to be confused that he uses the term “ultimate” to mean that there is lots of little goals that he is happy about. No. The only goal other than the Super Bowl are just steppingstones that he feels they need to be accomplished in order to get to the Super Bowl. It’s all about the Super Bowl.